Copyright: Courtesy of Peter Nahum at Leicester Galleries:
www.leicestergalleries.com
Beatrice
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1879
Physical Description
Medium: oil
Dimensions: 13 1/2 x 11 in.
Frame: The artist has inscribed on a label on the back of the frame: “Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare.”
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1879
Note: The monogram and date are inscribed at upper left.
Production Description
Production Date: 1879
Model: Jane Burden Morris
Provenance
Current Location: Charles Butler
Archival History: Rossetti Sale (lot 104, entitled:
Head of a Lady); C. A. Howell; Charles Butler, £40.; His grandson Charles Butler
Reproductions
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Gowans and Gray, Masterpieces of DGR , 47.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name:
s256.rap.xml
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
Surtees notes this as a replica of the head of Mariana ( 152).
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